

Outback Australia must have been amazing…and quite a shock after living in the UK!Īnne: Good morning Sarah – I have not read your book yet – but you are on my list 🙂 I have just retired so it will be sooner rather than later. I am now living in South West France.Ĭherry Gregory: Sounds very interesting. Sarah Jane Butfield: It’s about the struggles we endured to leave the UK and migrate to outback Australia, and our experiences that followed. Here’s the link, and thanks for answering our questions, Sarah! Ĭherry Gregory: Hi Sarah! Great to see you in the Spotlight.Ĭherry Gregory: I haven’t looked at your book yet (but I will do!) I take it it’s about Australia.

Life is never without its challenges, but how many life-changing events can one family endure before they reach breaking point? Find out in this heart wrenching and touching true story.Welcome to today’s author, Sarah Jane Butfield, whose fascinating new memoir, Glass Half Full, has recently been published. This story lets you experience Australian life with an inspirational woman and her courageous family, as they struggle to survive challenging life events and keep their dreams alive.

Using every ounce of positivity they could muster they struggled on and just as they thought the worst was over Mother Nature intervened and washed away the roots to their new life during the Brisbane floods of 2011. Living the Australian dream in Alice Springs was everything they hoped for until life-changing events started to test the foundations of this resilient family. Find out what it takes to keep the Glass Half Full, as challenging life events including grief, loss, PTSD and devastating floods, test this expat step-family to their limits.Īfter enduring divorce and numerous child custody battles, Sarah Jane knew that a fresh start in Australia was their only chance of future happiness and that as a family they were making the right decisions.
